Latest Nintendo Direct Features Little Mac, Bayonetta 2 and More

The latest Nintendo Direct presentation by Nintendo President, Satoru Iwata gave a glimpse into the future of Wii U and 3DS as he revealed what will be available soon for both systems.

Most notably, Little Mac of Punch-Out fame will be a playable character in the newest Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS. Yoshi's New Island revitalizes the series with a more traditional 3D look instead of the typical crayon-like drawings in previous iterations, the 3DS gets the latest Prof. Layton game with Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy and Shovel Knight—the popular Kickstarter 2D platformer and a bunch of other great indie titles will be released on the eShop. Also, Child of Light looks beautiful, long running franchises continue with Monster Hunter 4, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and Mario Kart 8, and the newly popular NES Remix gets a sequel with NES Remix 2. This spring, we'll finally be getting Game Boy Advance games on the Wii U Virtual Console, and to round it out, they showed some awesome footage of the highly anticipated Bayonetta 2, but still no actual release date except some time this year.

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That was a pretty awesome Direct. I recommend that 3DS owners download the free version of Steel Diver: Sub Wars. It's weird, but it's pretty fun. Live morse code chat is probably the most clever idea that hasn't been used before.

Now, I've been fortunate to get my mitts on a high quality, 60 fps Japanese trailer of Bayonetta 2. Direct feed, and stunning. I've hidden it as an easter egg on the Gaming World Wide site.
Perhaps some clues to give you a hand... it will be invisible at first, but if you hold on, you will see. www.gwwentertainment.com

Game Overview
Take on rapid-fire challenges from classic NES™ games remixed with mind-bending twists.

Play as Link™ while running from Boos, nab coins as Kirby™ in Super Mario Bros., and much more! We’re talking epic gameplay set pieces from the likes of Kid Icarus™, Metroid™, Super Mario Bros.™ 2, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link™—the list goes on!

Tackle the best parts of beloved retro games like Punch-Out!!™ Featuring Mr. Dream and Super Mario Bros. 3 while sharing videos of your greatest feats in the NES Remix Miiverse™ community.* NES Remix 2 also features two exciting new modes. Super Luigi Bros. stars our nervous hero, Luigi™, and dares players to beat each level of the original Super Mario Bros. backward! The other new mode has you trying for high scores in three rapid-fire levels from different NES games, using a scoring system inspired by the 1990 Nintendo World Championships.